10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
verb express strong disapproval of; deplore
verb belittle
originFrom Latin dēprecātus, past participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from de (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
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